After more than two decades of gathering ideas, making visions, drawing plans and realizing buildings, the transformation of the Grote Markt Oostzijde is a fact. What were the starting points for this large-scale spatial development? How did the planning come about and who designed the buildings? Grote Markt Oostzijde - 20 years of urban development in 40 stories looks back on the process - from initiative to implementation - in a comprehensive historiography. In search of the stories behind the metamorphosis, Erik Dorsman spoke with project managers, designers, developers, builders and local residents. The result was a chronicle of twenty years of urban development: of ups and downs, of competitions, of debates and public events, of tremors and subsidy perils, of courage and perseverance. In the book you will read this history and see a city that never silents, striving to revitalize the city center.